Kyle Rankin authored Nov 25, 2019 and Matt Devillier committed Oct 26, 2021

On machines without a TPM, we'd still like some way for the BIOS to
attest that it has not been modified. With a Librem Key, we can have the
BIOS use its own ROM measurement converted to a SHA256sum and truncated
so it fits within an HOTP secret. Like with a TPM, a malicious BIOS with
access to the correct measurements can send pre-known good measurements
to the Librem Key.

This approach provides one big drawback in that we have to truncate the
SHA256sum to 20 characters so that it fits within the limitations of
HOTP secrets. This means the possibility of collisions is much higher
but again, an attacker could also capture and spoof an existing ROM's
measurements if they have prior access to it, either with this approach
or with a TPM.

Signed-off-by: Kyle Rankin <kyle.rankin@puri.sm>